<p>RALEIGH - The actor who starred in the Harold and Kumar movies is campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama this weekend in North Carolina.</p><p>Kal Penn appeared Saturday night at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem. Today, he plans to be at Elon University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, and in Raleigh.</p><p>On Monday, he will attend a rally at N.C. State University and make several stops in Charlotte.</p><p>Penn is participating in events the Obama campaign has dubbed "Weekend of Action" to register new voters and recruit new supporters for the Illinois senator.</p><p>Penn also appears on the series "House" on Fox. He was the floor manager for the Virginia delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.</p>